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CHANGE BE WITH YOU!

Joewel Valcueba Saba





(Speech Entry for the Third Millennium Development Goals Summit on May 20-24, 2009 to be held in Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Negros Occidental, Philippines)



Today, I stand before you mighty and strong, proud of our heritage and teachings of our ancestors and heroes. I am a Filipino youth, armed with loud and youthful voice to spread the good news of the impending feat of our long envisioned commitment, of the burning passion of leadership, empowerment, advocacy, dedication and sustainability to realize the Millennium Development Goals.



Who does not want to love and to be loved? Who does not want to care and to be cared and who does not want CHANGE, CHANGE AND NOTHING BUT CHANGE along with the realization that the faith to the Almighty is equal to the conviction that the youth can change the land.



We have witnessed and continuously witnessing the predicaments of graft and corruption, poverty, poor health care services, mushrooming of HIV/AIDS, degradation of environment and other forms of social violence.



We are gathered here today to reflect, to move, to shoot and to effect local, national and global change. We envisioned to become self-reliant youth, brave to take the challenges of our time and to face the great responsibility mandated by our constitution.



We are blessed and privileged; all gallant and vibrant men and women of the youth sector to have affirmed commitment to become role models to fellow youth to kill the major termites of our society.



We are the change we want to be in this world. The youth, through transformed servant-leadership, have the power to eradicate the hopeless notion for transformation. We are not only born to become catalysts for change but primary movers to effect complete transformation.



I urge the government agencies to treat every citizen with equal rights and protection, respect and understanding. I urge every youth to teach along the streets and greet with smile every street kid you meet or even the dirtiest beggar you see. I urge the parents who have growing children to inculcate love by giving them the chance to build eternal faith to God. I urge the blinds to open their eyes, the deaf, their ears, the mute, their mouth.



To live and grow in a united family centered by faith, to build respect and tolerance in diversity, to feel the unconditional service of the government and to spend time with people who sensed insignificance, these are few things we can do to born peaceful and loving communities.



We are one and together. We can make a difference today and not tomorrow because we are the youth.



Change be with you!

May 12, 2009 | 6:21 AM Comments  1 comments

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May 12, 2009 | 8:26 AM
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